Comparative study of selected mental health differentials between wrestling and hockey state level players

Abstract

Most sports build muscular strength and stamina, often in specific areas of the body. The objective of this research paper is to compare the mental health differentials between male Hokey and Wrestling players. But mental health is benefit professional sports persons, it is necessary to explore what is required to play a sport and play it well. The data collected was tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis. Descriptive analysis was done by computing means, standard deviations and t-test. Total thirty (n=40) male players were selected for study as samples. The samples were further divided into two groups of 20 each. The first group consisted of male Wrestling and the second group consisted of male Hokey and players. The data was collected by using simple random sampling technique of Hokey and Wrestling players and the age of the subjects were between 20 to 30 years. In order to assess the mental health of Hokey and Wrestling male players, Mental Health Battery by Singh and Gupta (2000) was used. The results revealed with regard to emotional stability, adjustment, self-concept and intelligence were found highly significant between Hokey and Wrestling male players. However, it was concluded that there was highly significant difference found between Hokey and Wrestling male players on the all selected variables.